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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2222182" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>Wow (...Philistine...). I don't know what to say to that. I'm a member of an organisation known as the "Shakespeare Ensemble." Shakespeare (particularly Hamlet) and Greek drama (particularly Sophocles stuff) are my favourite works of lit. I think everyone would like Shakespeare if they participated in a round-table discussion where they learned how to interpret the Elizabethan English and such, and then read it in a for-fun way. </p><p></p><p>You just have to try to appreciate the beauty and the insight of the text, as well as the multiple levels of meaning, I guess. Take, for instance, this one that I posted on Off-Topic:</p><p></p><p>Selene-</p><p></p><p>Her silver smile beams down to part the gloom,</p><p>Empyreal with its faint ironic twist,</p><p>For who better than she perceives her doom</p><p>To vainly clutch the mem'ry of a tryst.</p><p>One that can be no more as she well knows</p><p>And Theia's fair-tressed daughter mourns her fate,</p><p>No matter how it hurts, her love will doze,</p><p>Enticing tears that nothing can abate.</p><p>And yet, despite this all, she smiles for me</p><p>Her amaranthine face exuding peace</p><p>For Night's handmaiden comforts selflessly.</p><p>Her altruistic vigils never cease.</p><p>As she prepares her slumber come the dew, </p><p>I cry, "Selene, when will you live for you?" </p><p></p><p>---------------</p><p></p><p>Seems like its about a girl, right? Well, actually, in Greek mytholog, Selene is the moon, the sister of Helios and Eos and the daughter of Hyperion and Theia. Her love for Endymion, a mortal shepherd was such that she didn't want him to die, so he was left in a sleep forever...</p><p></p><p>You can read poetry for the aesthetics, the meanings, and the allusions, and come out of it with some insight too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 2222182, member: 29014"] Wow (...Philistine...). I don't know what to say to that. I'm a member of an organisation known as the "Shakespeare Ensemble." Shakespeare (particularly Hamlet) and Greek drama (particularly Sophocles stuff) are my favourite works of lit. I think everyone would like Shakespeare if they participated in a round-table discussion where they learned how to interpret the Elizabethan English and such, and then read it in a for-fun way. You just have to try to appreciate the beauty and the insight of the text, as well as the multiple levels of meaning, I guess. Take, for instance, this one that I posted on Off-Topic: Selene- Her silver smile beams down to part the gloom, Empyreal with its faint ironic twist, For who better than she perceives her doom To vainly clutch the mem'ry of a tryst. One that can be no more as she well knows And Theia's fair-tressed daughter mourns her fate, No matter how it hurts, her love will doze, Enticing tears that nothing can abate. And yet, despite this all, she smiles for me Her amaranthine face exuding peace For Night's handmaiden comforts selflessly. Her altruistic vigils never cease. As she prepares her slumber come the dew, I cry, "Selene, when will you live for you?" --------------- Seems like its about a girl, right? Well, actually, in Greek mytholog, Selene is the moon, the sister of Helios and Eos and the daughter of Hyperion and Theia. Her love for Endymion, a mortal shepherd was such that she didn't want him to die, so he was left in a sleep forever... You can read poetry for the aesthetics, the meanings, and the allusions, and come out of it with some insight too :) [/QUOTE]
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